ABSTRACT
There are many things that one can start doing immediately to prevent high blood pressure, delay its onset, or reduce its severity. This chapter presents a list of things to be followed to prevent high blood pressure. It includes maintaining an ideal body weight, body fat, and visceral or belly fat for gender and age; Exercising at least 4 days per week for 1 hour each day with both aerobic and resistance training; Getting at least 8 hours of restful sleep per night; Reducing dietary sodium chloride per day; Consuming at least six servings of vegetables and six servings of fruit per day; Increasing potassium in the diet to at least 5000 mg/day; Increasing magnesium in the diet to at least 1000 mg/day; Reducing stress, meditate, and lower anxiety and relax; Stopping all tobacco products; Reducing or stopping alcohol; and Consuming specific types of foods and nutritional supplements that can prevent high blood pressure.
